Economics Flashcards

1
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Defence expenditure are an example of

A

Revenue expenditure

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2
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State true or false:

Budget is a statement of actual annual receipts and expenditure of the government

A

False
Reason: budget is a statement of expected income and expenditure land by the government for the upcoming fiscal year

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3
Q

Central budget is presented in India on which date every year by the finance minister

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1st February

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4
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Production of goods which are socially harmful are discouraged by

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Imposing heavy taxes

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5
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What is referred to as special assessment

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6
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What is referred to as escheat

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7
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Why is gift tax considered as paper tax

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It heels very low revenue for the government

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8
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If borrowings and other liabilities are reduced to the budget deficit we get

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Fiscal deficit

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9
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What is a surplus budget

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When the estimated receipts are more than estimated expenditure

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10
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Which economists estimated the per capita GDP during the colonial period

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William Digby, dadabhai nauroji, Findley shirras

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11
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Real GDP growth rate and per capita GDP growth rate during the first half of 20th century

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The real GDP growth rate was less than 2% and the per capita GDP growth rate was just 0.5%

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12
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What is the effect of governments direct involvement in BOP

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The effects are not certain as it depends upon the type of transaction that is being performed example import or export might improve our deteriorate the BOP

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13
Q

Which state has the highest literacy rate

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according to the census of 2011 Kerala 94%

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14
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Which government scheme is responsible for providing food grains at highly subsidized costs to the poor families

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Antyoday Anya Yojana

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15
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The estimate given by Dr Rao regarding per capita output was

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0.005

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16
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The fertility rate changed from ______ to 4.5 during 1971-81

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5.2

17
Q

VAMBAY Stands for…

A

Valmiki Ambedkar aawas Yojana

18
Q

Poverty line on the basis of total calories a day

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2100 for urban and 2400 for rural